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“The company vision was [to] make it feel like you were working with a designer,” said Whitfield. “That way, you had the best of both worlds. You get the affordability, accessibility, and sense of control you get with an online platform. But you also have the high-quality do-it-for-me kind of experience you get with a designer.”

The financial sector is one of the oldest industries in the modern world, and some days it really shows its age. Clearbanc hopes to solve at least one major nuisance for business owners – funding marketing and sales spend.

Four years after founding her company AccessNow, a mapping application that ranks buildings for accessibility features, the company announced it received $2.7 million in funding to continue their mission.

Divyansh Ojha was announced as the Grand Prize Winner for his business, FoodFund Inc. His company has recognized the alarming rate of fresh fruits and vegetables that never make it to the store shelves because they are deemed less than perfect. They may not be the perfect apple or a cucumber that’s bent too far.

Following the company’s recently announced expansion into Canada, Bird Canada CEO Stewart Lyons spoke with Tech Daily about regulatory hurdles, Bird’s franchise-style business model, and why the company is moving to permanent workers over gig workers.

Now that the company is public, Lightspeed CEO and co-founder Dax Dasilva is more energized than ever. What some would consider an end unto itself – going public, cashing in, and bringing on more governance to help run the company – Dasilva says is just a stepping stone for the company to become a global acquirer and power player.

The user-generated gaming platform already sees 24 billion hours of play from 2 million users, a huge feat they’ve accomplished mostly in the past few years. With Luke’s Roblox game, players get to not only enjoy the challenges of the game, but they get to learn about mental health.